The new temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[a] and its projecting walls were[b] three cubits[c] wide on either side. 49 The portico was twenty cubits[d] wide, and twelve[e] cubits[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[g] and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 7.4 metres
  2. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  3. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 1.6 metres
  4. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 11 metres
  5. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  6. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 6.4 metres
  7. Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it